Randy Kelley claimed former Sen. Doug Jones 'orchestrated this plot to prevent Blacks from electing delegates of their choosing to the DNC.'
Published: Aug. 12, 2024, 9:51 p.m. Alabama Democratic Party Chairman Randy Kelley on Monday night released a letter he sent to the head of the Democratic National Committee, claiming racism was to blame for why his preferred convention delegatesIn the letter, Kelley also claimed former Sen. Doug Jones “orchestrated” a “plot to prevent Blacks from electing delegates of their choosing to the DNC.
The letter, Kelley wrote, served as a challenge to the DNC’s refusal to seat the 36 party convention delegates chosen by Kelley and other members of the state party’s executive committee.Before President Biden dropped out of the race, his campaign approved a list of delegates that was markedly different from the list elected by the state’s democratic party.
Kelley said he brought the challenge because the DNC “enabled private individuals to deny Blacks in Alabama the right to vote in the Democratic primary” on March 5. In the letter, obtained by AL.com, the DNC chairman urged Kelley to “efrain from any further miscommunication or misinformation to convention participants.”
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